In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later.

You can know a person by the kind of desk he keeps. If the president of a company has a clean desk then it must be the executive vice president who is doing all the work.

The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success are concentration, discrimination, organization, innovation and communication.

The professional's grasp of the numbers is a measure of the control he has over the events that the figures represent.

The highest art of professional management requires the literal ability to 'smell' a 'real fact' from all others.

Ninety-nine percent of all surprises in business are negative.

Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Nonperformance can always be explained away.